Undergarment



0a. 31, 1939. 1 p. s. BLOOM Re. 21,253

UNDERGARMENT Original Filed June 22. 1936 I) Ni pyz'fiij Reissued 31,1939 UNITED STATES 21,253 nNnnacAnMEN'r 4 Philip s. Bloom, Chicago, m.v

Original No. 2,064,409, dated December. 15, 1936, Serial No. 86,480,June 22, 1936. Application for reissue December 15, 1938, Serial No.245,950

4Claims.

The present invention relates to a lady's combination un'dergarment freefrom hooks and eyes,

snap fasteners, buttons and the like, and more particularly to acombination lower body garment and an upper body garment such as abrassire slip, wherein the back of the lower garment section or slipportion is provided with an extension which extends upwardly above theupper edge of the slip portion and forms the back section of the uppergarment section or brassiere. The combination garment produces anarrangement whereby a single band of elastic secured to the upper marginof the back extension of the lower garment section has the ends thereofconnected with the upper rear corners of theupper garment section toafford a combination undergarment wherein the single strip of elasticserves both as a means for resiliently drawing the upper garment sectionor brassiere around the bust of a wearer and also draws the front andsides of the lower garment section or slip around the body of a wearer,thereby grouping'any fullness of the garment sections in the back'of thegarment, causing the front and the sides to form-fit the wearer of thecombination undergarment.

It is anobject of this invention to provide a combination ladiesundergarment wherein an upper section, such as a brassiere, is securedto the upper end of a lower section, such, for example, as a slip withthe rear upper extension of the back of the slip forming the back of thebrassire and terminating in an elastic hem which serves as a commonmeans for making the front and the sides of both the brassiere and theslip form-fitting by concentrating the fullness of the garment in themiddle portion of the back of the slip.

It is an important object of this invention to provide an improvedladies combination undergarment, such as stepins, brassire chemise,brassiere panties or bloomers, or more particularly a brassiere slip, inwhich the back of the slip is provided with an extension, the sides ofOther'and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the, specification and the accompanying drawtothe upper comers of the side extensions 8 of The invention (in preferredforms) is illustrated in the drawing, and hereinafter more fullydescribed.

On the drawing:

Figure 1 illustrates a fragmentary backperspective view of the upperportion of one of the forms of an improved combination undergarmentembodying the features of this invention.

Figure 2 Ba fragmentary rear perspective view of the upper portion of amodified form of combination undergarment.,

As shown onthe drawing: In the form of the combination undergarmentillustrated in Figure 1, a brassiere slip is shown. The slip portioncomprises a front panel I and a rear panel 2, with the front panel beingwider than the rear panel and extending around the sides of the garmentto connect up with the rear panel along the scams 3. The rear panel 2ex-- tends upwardly abovegthe top margin or edge of the front or bodypanel I to form an extension 4, across the upper margin of which anelastic band or strap 5 is sewedor secured, which holds the upper marginof the extension 4 shirred or formed with plaits or gathers 6. 25

Sewed or otherwise secured to the upper edge of the front panel I of theslip is a brassiere which is constructed of two breast portions 1,each'of which is provided with a side extension 8 which extends aroundone side'of the garment and has the end margin thereof secured bystitching or other suitable means to one side of the back extension 4 ofthe rear panel 2 of the slip. The ends of the elastic strap 5.aresecured 35 the b'rassire sections I.

As clearly illustrated in Figure 1, it will be noted that the extension4 of the back panel 2 of the slip forms the back of the brassiere, andthe elastic strap 5 performs the double purpose of holding the uppermargin of the back panel shirred or gathered, and furthermore acts tothe - cause the brassiere as well as the slip to be drawnto form-fitaround the body of a person wearing the garment. 45

Attached to the upper margins of the front sections I of the brassierearethe front ends of a pair of shoulder straps 9, the rear ends of whichare attached to the upper margin of the rear portion of the garment.

If preferred, the brassiere, of course, can be made of a one-piececonstruction extending across the front of the garment and around thesides to connect with the sides of the upper extension I of the backpanel 2 of the slip. Attention is particularly called to the fact that,in this improved type of garment, only one elastic strap is necessaryfor both the upper and lower sections of the garment, such as thebrassiere and the slip, and that the upper extension I of the rear panel2 of the slip also serves as a shirred, plaited or gathered back for thebrassiere.

Figure 2 illustrates a modified form of combination undergarmentconsisting of a slip having a brassiere secured to the upper marginthereof, with a portion of the slip forming a back for the brassiere. Inthis modified form of the device, the reference numeral Ill indicates a'front slip panel which extends part way around the sides of the garmentand is secured to the side margins of a rear panel ll along the seamsl2. The middle portion of the upper margin of the back panel ll extendsupwardly above the top edge of the front panel Ill and above the edgesl3 formed at both sides of the top part of the rear panel 'H beyond thesidesof the extension I. The upper margin of the back extension It maybe plaited, shirred or gathered at l5 by means of an elastic band orstrap l6 sewed or otherwise secured across the upper edge of the backextension ll.

The brassiere section of the undergarment comprises a pair oflireastsections ll which extend across the front of the garment, with each ofthe breast sections having a side extension l8 which extends around theside of the garment and has the lower edge thereof stitched or otherwisesecured to the top edge of the side portions of the front panel I of theslip and to the edges l3 of the rear slip panel II. The ends of thebrassiere side sections l8 are sewed or otherwise secured to the sideedges of the rear panel extension I 4. The ends of the elastic strap 16are secured to the upper rear corners of the bras-' ends of which aresecured to the back of the garment.

The improved combination undergarment, while being described as abrassiere slip, may, if so desired, take the form of stepins, abrassiere chemise, brassiere panties, brassire bloomers or the like,with all of said various types of undergarments having an extension ofthe back portion of the lower section of the garment projectlng upwardlyto form the back of the upper section of the combination undergarment.

Itwill, of course, be understood that various details of constructionmay be varied through a wide range without departing from the principlesof this invention, and it is therefore not the purpose to limit thepatent granted hereon otherwise than is necessitated by the scope of theappended claims. g'

I claim as my invention:

1, A combination undergarment comprising a slip section, a brassieresection circumferentially tending upwardly between the side portions ofl! the brassiere and secured thereto to form a back for the brassiere,and an elastic member secured across the upper margin of the extensionon the back portion of the slip to hold said extension shirred,saidelastic member having the ends 10 thereof secured to the ends of theside portions of the brassiere and offset vertically abovethecircumferentially extending seam. I

2. A combination undergarment comprising a lower garment consisting of afront paneland a rear panel, said rear panel having anextension-extending upwardly above the upper margin of the front panel,an elastic member secured across the upper margin of the rear panelextension, a brassiere consisting of breast sections and side extensionswith the breast sections and side extensions secured to the upper marginof the front panel of the lower garment, said brassiere having the endsof the side portions thereof secured to the side margins of the rearpanel I extension and to the ends of the elastic member.

.3. A combination undergarment comprising an upper portion formed todefine a brassiere having breast sections and side extensions, the

rearwardly extending ends of said side extensions being spaced apart todefine an opening between their rear terminal edges, a lower garmentdepending from-said bras'sire and having a rear panel portion extendingupwardly between the rear terminal edges of the brassiere 5 and securedthereto to form a back for the brassiere, and an elastic member securedto the up- I per edge of the panel extension and to the adjacent upperside margins of the brassiere side extensions, whereby the panelextension forming 40 the back of the brassiere is shirred.

4. A combination undergarment comprising an upper garment part formedinto a brassiere having breast sections and side extensions providedadjacent the bottom of the brassire with 'rearwardly extending endsspaced apart to define an opening between their rear extremities,

' a lower garment part depending from said brassiere and having a rearportion extending upwardly between. said side extensions and secured tosaid ends of the brassiere, and elastic means in saidopening at the topof. said rear portion of the lower garment part and beingsecured to anupper end of said rear. portion between said ends of said brassiere toform an elastic back for the

